Homeira Seljuqi Explained

Homeira Seljuqi
Office1:Member of the Senate
Term1:1965–1973
Birth Date:1912
Birth Place:Kabul, Afghanistan
Death Date:1990

Homeira Malikyar Seljuqi (1912–1990) was an Afghan politician. Alongside Aziza Gardizi, she was one of the first two female Senators nominated in 1965.

Biography

Seljuqi's father died when she was a young girl. After being sent to India for treatment for an illness, Seljuqi met her future husband Salihuddin Seljuk, an Afghan consul.[1]

Following the 1965 parliamentary elections, the first in which women could vote and run for office, Seljuqi and Gardizi were appointed to the Senate by King Mohammed Zahir Shah,[2] [3] while four women were elected to the House of the People.[4] She was reappointed to the Senate following the 1969 elections.[2]

After the Saur Revolution in 1979, Seljuqi moved to India. She died in 1990.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afghan-german.net/upload/Tahlilha_PDF/fazel_lemar_saljuqi.pdf عالمه استاد صالح الدین سلجوقی
  2. Hafizullah Emadi (2008) Establishment of Afghanistan’s Parliament and the Role of Women Parliamentarians Retrospect and Prospects Internationales Asienforum, Volume 39, Number 1–2, pp5–19
  3. https://d2071andvip0wj.cloudfront.net/48-afghanistan-women-and-reconstruction.pdf Afghanistan: Women and reconstruction
  4. Hafizullah Emadi (2002) Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan p85